- Cage, John
“If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience.”

- Drucker, Peter
"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."

- Feynman, Richard, American Physicist
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts."

- Holt, J. Gordon
"The better the ad, the worse the product."

- Lang, Michael (about Woodstock)
"The time was right, the place was right, the spirit was right, and we were right.
What resulted was a celebration and confirmation of our humanity -- one of the few instances in history, to my knowledge, when joy became big news."

- Lenin
“The best and quickest way to undermine any society is through it’s music.”

- Mayo, Charles H.
1931 – “It took the world from the day of its creation to the time of the sixteenth century to raise a doubting thomas of sufficient mental strength and courage to state that questions were not answered by authority, but by experiment.”

- Moby
“I had an epiphany a few years ago where I was out at a celebrity party and it suddenly dawned on me that I had yet to meet a celebrity who is as smart and interesting as any of my friends.”

- Nietzsche, Friedrich
"A “scientific” interpretation of the world, as you understand it, might therefore be one of the most stupid of all possible interpretations of the world, meaning that it would be one of the poorest in meaning."
"Without music life would be a mistake."

- Pauling, Linus
"The first step in applying the scientific method consists in being curious about the world."

- von Recklinghausen, Daniel R.
"If it measures good and sounds bad, -- it is bad.
If it sounds good and measures bad, -- you've measured the wrong thing."

- Sharma, Chris
“In Zen they talk about keeping a beginner’s mind and experiencing each moment fresh and completely open without the hindrances of expectations and regret.

"The expert’s mind thinks it knows everything and therefore sets up extra standards that are not really necessary.”

- Young, Neal (in Stereophile June 2015 p.137)"Latest ideas show that music probably came before language, which in turn led to our culture. In many ways, music is what being human is all about. We have a primordial need to make, receive, and share music. Without it, we are incomplete."

Thanks.
Our carpenter was good.
I think he enjoyed the "crazy" project of angled bookshelves and the ceiling deflectors.
I don't think anyone else in this area had done anything like that.
He's going to work on a center channel angled (adjustable) stand for my center channel av123 RSC200 "Bigfoot" and capable of handing the newer RSC500 "Megafoot".

I totally forgot about online gaming - shows how much I'm into gaming. I haven't had any experience with internet radio, either, but it sounds cool. Nice to be able to view photos or other media from your computer on the home theater, I agree. I forget that not everyone has their computer in the same room as their home theater like I do.

1. Get projector +/- anamorphic lens +/- slide and get a "feel" for how size of screen (vs original idea of getting screen first) that will work best.
2. Add anamorphic lens (?) if not already purchased +/- slide for lens
3. HT screen - fixed to wall with "build out" to allow pulling off wall for electrical box access.

While I myself use a huge HP with RS1 sitting on top of a bookshelf, there's a pretty cool tip I picked up on these boards if you end with that screen, and have it ceiling mounted. When the bulb is new, have the PJ closer to ceiling, and as the bulb dims, you can extend the pipe to have a more acute angle with viewers, thereby keeping a more consistent brightness during the lifetime of the bulb.

I'll tell you what, subjectively to me, even on a 159" (ahem*, "Customer #3: AVS (I want a monster screen) nubie") the pic was actually too bright when the bulb was new. Believe it or not. IMO, the pic was perfect at about 200-500 hrs. Past that, its just barely, slightly dimmer than what I would want, for me. All guests are universally pleased and could not ask for more.

I'm quite certain I don't fall into this hilarious category of:

Customer #2: Pedantic AVS technophile
Use: Obsessive test measurements and tweeking, wife has no idea that you can watch movies with a projector.

While I myself use a huge HP with RS1 sitting on top of a bookshelf, there's a pretty cool tip I picked up on these boards if you end with that screen, and have it ceiling mounted. When the bulb is new, have the PJ closer to ceiling, and as the bulb dims, you can extend the pipe to have a more acute angle with viewers, thereby keeping a more consistent brightness during the lifetime of the bulb.

I'll tell you what, subjectively to me, even on a 159" (ahem*, "Customer #3: AVS (I want a monster screen) nubie") the pic was actually too bright when the bulb was new. Believe it or not. IMO, the pic was perfect at about 200-500 hrs. Past that, its just barely, slightly dimmer than what I would want, for me. All guests are universally pleased and could not ask for more.

I'm quite certain I don't fall into this hilarious category of:

Customer #2: Pedantic AVS technophileUse: Obsessive test measurements and tweeking, wife has no idea that you can watch movies with a projector.

Mike, I just want to say that although this is my first post in your thread, I have been observing the thread since you first appeared on the scene, and I must say, you have a very impressive audio/video ensemble. It's not a setup, it's an ensemble! To call it a set up would be bordering on an insult!
And the Rockets! Man, they look good! When do you think you will finish the theater completely, if there is such a concept?!